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Bernie Sanders to voters skipping presidential election over Israel: ‘Trump is even worse’ (www.nbcnews.com)

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[+] humanspiral@lemmy.ca -14 points 4 days ago

Executive branch has 100% control over actual spending. Congress could approve $10T for Israel, and executive can spend it as fast or slow or none as it feels like. Congresses only power is setting a ceiling on spending.

[-] gregs_gumption@lemm.ee 10 points 4 days ago

This sounds great but isn't really true at all. Please don't spread misinformation.

money Congress appropriates? Yes, federal agencies must prudently plan to spend money during its period of availability, but the President can request that Congress cancel or rescind some of this funding. The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act (Impoundment Control Act) of 1974 outlines a fast-track procedure for legislation responding to a President's rescission request. Upon submitting a proposal to Congress, the President can withhold the funds targeted for rescission for up to 45 days or until a withholding would prevent the funding from being prudently obligated. If Congress has not enacted legislation by the end of that period, the funds must be released, and they cannot be proposed for rescission again under the Impoundment Control Act. Until 2018, a president had not proposed a rescission under this process since 2000. In May 2018, President Trump sent a package of proposed rescissions to Congress for consideration. Congress did not act on that request to approve any of the proposed reductions under the fast-track procedure, and the funding was released.

From here: http://democrats-budget.house.gov/publications/fact-sheets/frequently-asked-questions-about-federal-budget#Congress%20appropriates

Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impoundment_of_appropriated_funds

[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

Ok, thank you. There was a lot of unspent covid relief allocations, fussed over without anyone in congress trying to force the spending. It would seem impossible to impose quality of spending criteria.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

There was a lot of unspent covid relief allocations, fussed over without anyone in congress trying to force the spending.

Yes, but those might have helped Americans. When it's propping up the political career of the fascist head of a genocidal apartheid state, that's when congress springs into action and makes it happen. Funny how Netanyahu doesn't have to wait for decades for incrementalists to get off their worthless asses to get what he wants.

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